Tim Farron – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Farron on 2016-07-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service family accommodation homes have not met the Decent Homes standard in each of the last five years,

Mark Lancaster

Data on Service Family Accommodation (SFA) houses that did not meet the decent homes standard in each of the last five years is not held as the Ministry of Defence (MOD) only started assessing houses against this standard in April 2016.

As of 12 July 91.6% of SFA houses met or exceeded the decent homes standard.

The information on the historical condition of SFA demonstrated a steady increase in condition against the ‘Standard for Condition’ metrics. Under this system 96% of SFA was at the top two standards for condition which broadly equated to the decent homes standard.

Any family currently living in a property that does not meet the decent homes standard has the option to move, but will not be forced to move. The MOD does not allocate properties below the decent homes standard to families.